Feed-bag.



N0. 633,676. Patented Sept. 26,1899. H. 6. WEIBEZAHL.

FEED BAG.

@Application filed June 14, 1898.)

{N0 Modem UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN G. \VEIBEZAHL, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y.

FEED-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,676, dated September 26, 1899.

Application filed June 14,1898. Serial No. 683,402. (No model.) I

To all who/n zit may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMAN G.WEIBEZAHL, a citizen of the United States, residingin the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement Relating to Feed-Bags, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

The ordinary feed-bags used to supply grain to horses attached to the head of the animal and raised and lowered therewith are subject to various objections, and many efforts have been made to support a feed-bag independently, so that the animal may raise and lower its head while the bag, with its contents, remains stationary. My improvement attains this end with marked advantages over any before known to me.

I have devised a construction which is capable of being packed in small compass for storage or transportation and easily adjusted on animals of different sizes. My bag can be closed and afford capacity for any article or material which is to be carried along.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification and represent what I consider the best means for carrying out the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention in position for use with the adjacent portions of the harness. Fig. 2 is a plan view of my invention alone. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, with a portion in section, on the line 3 3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 3 is asection of a portion corresponding to Fig. 3 on a larger scale. Fig. 4c is an elevation showing the bag closed. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a portion in an inverted position, showing a modification. This is on a larger scale. Fig. 7 isa perspective view of a portion,showing a further modification. This is on a still larger scale. Fig. 8 shows another modification on the same scale as in Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a portion, showing another modification. Fig. 10is a side view of a rulejoint on a larger scale.

Similar letters or marks of reference indi-- cate corresponding parts in all the figures where they appear.

A is a portion of the ordinary harness on the animal. A horizontal frame of general X form comprises two parts 13 D, hinged together. Each branch of the rear part B is adapted to engage by prongs B with a convenient portion of the harness, which may usually be the leather strap A, connecting the lower ends of the hames. The front forks of the frame D carry eyes D, which engage with the frame of the feed-bag and afford it a peculiar hinged support, to be described farther on.

The hinge 0, connecting the parts B and D, is what is sometimes termed a rule-joint, having the capacity to turn freelyin one direction-that in which the hinge is depressed unless it is locked, but having the parts abutting near the joint, so that it refuses to turn in the opposite directionthat in which the joint would rise.

E is a sliding frame mounted under the portion B and guided by loosely-set rivets 13 which are received in slots e in the frame E, so as to allow this frame to be moved longitudinally. The ends of the frameE are provided with lugs E, which after the prongs B have been engaged with the strap A of the harness are moved nearer to the prongs B by a movement of the frame E, so as to grasp the strap A with some force. This movement is effected by a lever G, which turns on a stud B on the under side of the part B and receives a stud Win a curved slot g. As the lever G is turned in one direct-ion the frame, E with its lugs E, is moved rearward or toward the animal, so as to firmly clamp the harness.

I will use the letter M to indicate the metal frame, having a general hoop form and which I will refer to collectively as a hoop, which holds extended and constitutes the rim of the flexible bag P. Special parts thereof are indicated when necessary by supernumerals.

M is the rear section, and M is a stout bar formed integral therewith, extending a little distance along the mid-length with a space between it and the adjacent curved portion M of the rear section. The ends of the section h are provided with thin eyes M each having an ofiset M which engage with loose rivets M with corresponding eyes M and offsets M on the ends of the front section M so arranged that the offsets M and M abut, constituting rule-joints. The bag P is of sufficiently stout canvas and is joined to the sections M and M by any ordinary or suitable means, a space M being left contiguous to the rule-joints, as shown, and gussets being introduced to give sufficient strength. Vhen the bag P is being stored or transported, the hinged frame,with its sliding frame E,is folded into the interior of the bag and the hoop is closed together, thus closing the bag. lVhen itis to be put in use, the hoop is extended and the hinged frame, comprising the parts B D and its attachments, turned on the eyes D as a center, the prongs B engaged with the hame-strap A, and the hinge 0 being properly straightened the lever G is turned, closing the lugs E B upon the strap to clamp the same and stifien the frame. The friction of the parts will hold them in position.

His a cord permanently attached at one end to the section M on one side, passed over and down the other side of the animals neck, and tied to h on the other side of the bar M This supports the weight of the apparatus with its load of grain filling or partially filling the bag. The cord should be adjusted at such length as to hold the bag at the proper elevation, either level or slightly inclined upward or downward, as may be preferred for any reason.

\Vhen it is desired to again put my invention out of use, the cord H is detached, the lever G is turned to open the clamp, and the device being depressed sufficiently itis easily disengaged from the hame-strap A, the parts B and D are folded together by turning on the hinge O, the whole folded into the bag by turning on the eyes D, and the bag closed by turning the parts 1' and M on the rule joint ll/I M The frame engages by the eyes D with the bar M by extending over the adjacent rear section M of the hoop M, which serves as a stop. The arrangement causes the frame D to act leverwise to hold up the bag and its load. The lever force tends to collapse the frame B C D, raising its hinge C; but the offsets O forbid its rising. The strain takes up all slack and insures a peculiarly firm support easily applied and removed.

My improved feed-bag is very compact in its form when out of use and requires no special form of thills or other parts of the harness to allow it to be properly attached and supported for use.

For cavalry use, where the weight is important, the metal parts may be of aluminium. The weight of the whole, including the substantial flexible material for the bag, need not exceed one and a half pounds.

case the eyes D will engage with the hoop and the frame D near the eyes will extend over and press down upon the bar M which latter will then serve as the stop. Whether at the inner or outer side of the hoop the bar M may be made in two separate parts or eyes a proper distance apart, corresponding to the width of the fork D.

The parts may be very light for use in cavalry service or in expeditions of discovery or other traveling in rough regions. A slight clip may be connected to serve in holding the bag in the closed condition. Such is indicated in Fig. 5.

The cord H may, if preferred, be attached to points near the front part D of the X-shaped frame instead of the adjacent portions of the hoop. Fig. 6 shows eyes to facilitate the attachment to the frame. The effect is about the same.

In Fig. 8 the X-shaped frame is illustrated as being in one piece, comprising the central part B inner forked part B, and front forked part D the latter having the hooks D for engaging the bar of the bag-hoop. The fork members of the part B have each at the end a pair of depending lugs 13 B, the former being the shorter. By this arrangement the longer lugs 13 B will serve for effective engagement with the harness, while the shorter members will effectively maintain such engagement when a force is exerted tending to depress the outer end of the X-shaped frame.

The perspective view, Fig. 9, shows another means for adjusting the clamp, more especially intended for use in cavalry service. Iis a loosely-fitted spur gear-wheel which maybe turned by operating on the cross ridge or handle I. It sets the clamp by acting on the series of rack-teeth E extending longitudinally on the sliding clamp E, and is held fast in any position in which it comes to rest by friction or by additional means, if preferred, in any case.

The cordH may be utilized when the device is out of use and in the folded condition to hold the two sections of the hoop F M closed together. It may also serve to suspend the device under a wagon or to the side in cavalry service. The closing of the device protects the contents from receiving dust or mud.

I claim as my invention 1. A hoop having a feed-bag attached thereto and distended thereby and a supporting cord therefor, the rear M, of the hoop formed as a portion of a circle havingarigid partM integral therewith and extending nearly parallel thereto, in combination with a frame having its rear end wide and engaged with the harness to brace the device against lateral swinging, and its forward end extending over one and under the other of the parts M M, so as to stilfly support the hoop in a horizontal position, substantially as herein specified.

2. A hoop in two parts including the section M and united by rule-joints, a feed-bag attached to said hoop and a supporting-cord, a bar M strongly attached to the hoop, in combination with a frame having its rear end adapted to be engaged with the harness to be braced against lateral swinging and its forward end engaging with the hoop bypassing over the part M and under the bar M thereof, substantially as herein specified.

Abag, a distending-hoop and a support-- ing-cord passing over the animal, in combination with ahorizon tal frame havingpro visions for attaching to the hoop to firmly hold the same against swinging in one direction by the frame acting as a lever, and prongs B at the other end, adapted to be easily applied to and removed from a strap in, the front portion of the harness in an upright position and to be strongly held engaged by the friction due to the distortional strain when turned to the proper working position, all substantially as herein specified.

4. A flexible bag, a distending-hoop and a cord therefor,in connection with a main frame connected with the hoop and having prongs B for engaging the harness, a frame E carried by said main frame movable longitudinally thereof, and having lugs E and means G for moving and holding such frame E to clamp the harness between said prongs and lugs, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention above set forth I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERMAN G. XVEIBEZAHL.

\Vitnesses:

J B. CLAUTICE, M. F. BOYLE. 

